noun
1. a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth
• Hypernyms: ↑needle
• Hyponyms: ↑darning needle, ↑embroidery needle, ↑sharp, ↑upholstery needle
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
• Syn:
↑dragonfly, ↑darning needle, ↑devil's darning needle, ↑snake feeder, ↑snake doctor, ↑mosquito hawk, ↑skeeter hawk
• Hypernyms: ↑odonate
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Northern U.S. a dragonfly.
Regional Variation. See dragonfly.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.